Socket-suspension means



M KLEIN SOCKET SUSPENSION MEANS. APPLICATION FILED NOV, 6, I920- Patented Dec. .12, 1922.

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ran KLEIN, OF Hill YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SHAPIRO &, ARQNSUN, INC., 013 NEW YORK, it. 35., a

COBPOEATIQN 013 OHIO.

SOCKET-SUSPENSION MEANS.

Application filed. November 6, 1820. Seria1 No. 422,257.

To all w 710% it may concern Be it known that l, lvlax KLEIN, a citizen or the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York. have invented certain new and use- 1 Improvements in Socke -Suspension Means, of which the following is a specifit invention relates to electric light chandeliers in which the sockets depend from a ms which radiate outwardly from the fixture body. in these kind of devices, the socket is supported by an eye bolt which is secured adjacent the end 01 1' the arm to which attached a loop from which the socket suspended, this form of construction having been adopted to insure the light hanging vertically regardless of whether the arm truly horizontal or not.

invention has for its object to proconstruction which will insure that under all conditions irrespective oi": the plane of the arm, and which will be excecd 'i ;r inexpensive to manufacture and t l he very desirable in use.

My means oi. accomplishing the foregoing objects may be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawhich are hereunto annexed and are a part of this specification in which- 1 is a top view of a fragmentary portion oi": a chandelier arni equipped with my device.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the san -e part of the device a part 'being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing how wide va 'iation the device will accommodate. nnilar' reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire lescription. J:

.i-fis shown in the drawings, the end 1 0i provided with anopening 2 adopening 2 on the upper side is not visible the arm is acent the of the arm which obviously from the floor. ll form two walls 3 and 4t which are adapted to engage the sides of a nut 5 the lower side 6 oil which is convex and its loosely in a concave recess or deression formed around the opening 2 in the arm l. In this opening mount a nipple 7 which is preferably provided with a cen tral ornamental part- 8 and threads cut upon its ends 9 and 10, the end 9 being screwed into the nut 5 while the other end 10 is adapted to be screwed into the socket (not shown).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art hat since the nipple 7 is losely inounted in the opening 2, that the convex nut 5 will permit it-to swing to lceep its center line vertical, regardless of the inclination i l by the arms on the lire roin the horizontal ture, the extent of movement being shown approximately in Fig 3 and that the application of the weight of the socket and other parts will cause it to swing in t ue vertical alignment.

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a suspension device for electric fixture, a chandelier arrn having an opening in its bottom wall adj acent its outer en an annular recess in thesaid wall surrounding the said opening, the inner suro't said recess being concave, a nut, the lower side of which is fitted to and coincides with the concave surface of the annular recess, said nut having flat sides on its upper part, a threaded member screwed into the said nut, walls cast on the chandelier arrn adj acent the opening, which engage the flatsided por' n of said nut, and prevents its rotation. I

ln testimony whereof, I have signed the "foregoing specification.

MAX KLEIN. 

